stout

Word family

stout1 /staʊt/ adjectiveadj

1 FATfairly fat and heavy, or having a thick body 肥胖粗壮的

a short, stout man

一个矮胖的男人

2 literaryTHICK OBJECT OR MATERIAL strong and thick 粗壮结实的 SYN sturdy

a stout pair of shoes

一双厚实耐穿的鞋子

3 formalBRAVE brave and determined 英勇不屈的

stout defence/support/resistance

He put up a stout defence in court.

他在法庭上进行了顽强的抗辩。

—stoutly adverbadv

She stoutly denied the rumours.

她坚决否认那些谣传。

—stoutness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

stout• Amy was now stout and matronly, the mother of three children.• Theda was therefore acutely conscious of one gentleman, rather stout and red of face.• She had a face the color of a pink towel, a stout figure and blue eyes shaped like arrows.• Will Cunnane, a former Marlin, pitched two stout innings, running his scoreless streak to 13 1 / 3 innings.• The world number one, stout Rod Harrington was pitted against the even stouter hopeful, Ronnie Baxter.• It was packed with people buying up stout shoes.• the stout walls of Kanazawa Castle• A stout woman in a tweed coat was standing outside the door.• She was a stout woman with an Austrian accent.• a stout wooden beam

stout defence/support/resistance• And when I say stout supports, I mean stout.

Related topics: Drink

stout2 noun [uncountableU]

DFDstrong dark beer （烈性的）黑啤酒

Examples from the Corpus

stout• For dark beers such as stout, the malted barley is roasted until it is dark brown, almost black.• In 1965, the first bottle of locally-brewed Guinness stout rolled out from the Sungei Way brewery.• And don't forget Guinness stout itself.• Guinness stout is the world's leading stout brand, accounting for around 40 percent of the company's beer volume.• Guinness, which sells 22 variants of its stout around the globe, varies hugely in alcohol content.• Terranova said he has used a rich stout instead of meat stock to enhance the taste of a low-fat chili.

Origin stout1

(1200-1300) Old French estout

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